Disrupting the Status Quo Through Lines of Flight

Abstract

In this chapter, we return to the concept of assemblage and build on the ideas introduced in the last chapter—molar, molecular, and lines of flight. We draw on these concepts as analytic tools to discuss the case of June, who taught tenthgrade biology in a self-contained special education setting in the same large urban district as Bruce and Mauro. In some ways, June’s case seems very typical of the experiences of the first year teacher—she took on an assignment for which she was under-prepared (a special education biology position) in a school that had a reputation for being one of the most challenging in the city.